UK undergoing major flux. RoI has no such excuse. That the Fails response to Brexit was Irish Reunification was hamfisted to put it mildly.
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley @PeterKGeoghegan
2 points.1) the border issue throws Ireland into major flux, both in economic and political terms. To not acknowledge that is ignorant.
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2) *no* govt spokesperson has advocated a united Ireland. No motion passed to that effect within the Dáil or the Seanad.
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What has happened is we have secured an acknowledgement from the EU that if UI were to happen, NI would be part of EU as in German case.
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The Oireachtas (i.e. the legislature of the Dáil and the Seanad) has also produced a document outlining issues to be considered in UI debate
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But both these measures are not about declaring or pushing for a United Ireland. They are about *preparing* for a possible outcome.
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Go so far as to say that the Irish govt hasn't put a foot wrong on the challenges raised by Brexit since the day the result was announced.
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But then, we were preparing for the possibility of Brexit from before the referendum result. Because it poses such a great threat to us.
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Als antwoord op @BikesNBukes @PeterKGeoghegan
Ireland can either stay in the customs union or leave. If the UK cannot have its cake and eat it Ireland won't either.
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Als antwoord op @JonMarcStanley @PeterKGeoghegan
You may want the Republic to follow you in this decision. We are exercising our autonomy in response to a referendum we never called.
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Ireland isn't autonomous. It couldn't even leave the EU without EC majority vote now
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